Dashon Goldson Hosts 49ers Friends on Sunday

The safety visited his first NFL team in November, and now the 49ers will visit him and the Buccaneers in Tampa Bay.

When Dashon Goldson showed up at the 49ers facility on Nov. 22, there was no alarm sounded.

“Sure, that’d be a natural reaction, but it just didn’t play out that way,” Jim Harbaugh said of a potential 'high-alert' reaction to Goldson's visit. “It’s just saying, ‘Hey Dashon’s here. Hey, I’m going to go say hello to Dashon.’ That’s the way it took place.”

Yes, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety was technically in enemy territory, but consider that he spent his first six NFL seasons with San Francisco. He was welcomed.

“I’ve never seen that before, (another team's) player stopping by like that," Harbaugh said. "But it was cool; it was natural. People were glad to see him and he was glad to see guys. Had a chance to see him, give him a hug and talk for a little bit, so it wasn’t a big deal.”

There will be more head-nods and handshakes on Sunday. It's the 49ers who will be visiting Goldson in Tampa Bay as part of Week 15 action.

Goldson, who was in the Bay Area last month during his Week 11 suspension for his NFL-deemed illegal hit on Atlanta Falcons wideout Roddy White, didn't gather any intelligence on his former team at the facility in Santa Clara.

"I know somebody made a remark that was kind of absurd," Goldson said on a conference call with Bay Area reporters on Wednesday. "They were asking –I don't know who it was – like, 'What are you doing, spying on us?' It was coming from a room I walked in."

Goldson, now 29, signed a reported five-year contract with the Buccaneers in March. In 10 starts, he has recorded one interception, one forced fumble and 56 tackles.